Spiderman looked over the Black Cat with concern. Whatever the villain did had an immediate effect on her. He knew that she was just as strong as he was, and if she was suffering that much, then he'd probably face the same situation if that man's tentacles ever got a hold of him. His spider sense warned him that the tentacles were close.

He flipped aside as the tentacles clashed into each other. He saw the red-haired man draw them apart and the tentacles headed for him again. Spiderman quickly used his arms as a spring, turned upside down, and flipped right side up again. He quickly shot gossamer balls at his opponent's face, whose face contorted into a dozen or so wrinkles of pain.

"Man, and I thought the Mets were bad," replied Spiderman as he smiled underneath his mask.

"ARRRGGGGH!" screamed the madman as his tentacles lunged for Spidey again, who quickly shot web strands at his tentacles. The man easily tore them apart. Spidey was ready for another attack when instead two of his tentacles lunged for the Black Cat. Without thinking, he quickly jumped in front of her, and the tentacles slickly tore through his costume and made contact with his skin. Immediately, they started seeping a fluid into him-causing sheer pain to course through his body. Even though the madman's tentacles were holding him up, he felt his legs give way as he knelt onto the ground, clutching his sides tightly. Underneath the mask, his teeth were gritted-fighting every urge to scream. He tried to pull the tentacles out, but he couldn't move his arms, which were clutching his sides tightly instead. He groaned lowly. Darkness clouded his vision.

Suddenly, he heard the distant sound of a bolt of lightning and a woman's voice. The tentacles withdrew and the pain immediately ceased as Spidey fell flat onto the ground. He slowly shook his head and quickly pushed himself up. He saw a tall, lean women with wavy brown hair, and a group of people dressed in police uniforms standing behind her as the madman slowly stood up-apparently, he had been stunned.

"Don't move, Adrenaline!" barked the woman with her gun raised at him. Instead of protesting, he simply raised one of his tentacles to throw a small red object onto the ground. Black smoke suddenly shrouded the area in thick, black smoke.

Despite this, Spiderman could still see where Adrenaline was going while the woman and the others were coughing and squinting. Suprisingly, he was able to release a web strand and swing high above the crowd even though his head was throbbing painfully. He saw Adrenaline heading for the East Side. Spidey quickly let go of his web strand and landed in front of Adrenaline, who didn't stop running. Instead, his tentacles lunged for him. Spiderman quickly jumped on top of them, using them as a support, and kicked Adrenaline with full force in the face, who stumbled back; his face pouring blood.

At that moment, a green jet appeared above them. One of Adrenaline's long tentacles grabbed onto the jet's wings, and the tentacle pulled Adrenaline up. Spidey thrust his wrist forward when he suddenly heard a woman scream out his name.

He whirled to see the same woman that had aimed a gun at Adrenaline running towards him. Realizing that it wasn't of the utmost urgency, he turned his attention back to the jet and released a web strand, which snagged the underside of the jet. Suddenly, he felt a bolt of electricity stun his still-aching body. He fell for the second time flat on his face as the jet roared away.

Spidey quickly got up to meet the end of the gun, which was smoking. Behind it was the face of the woman who had shot Adrenaline. 'Great,' thought Peter as he knew that she was going to attempt to arrest him next. To his surprise, though, she slowly lowered it. That gave Peter enough time to realize that she had let Adrenaline escape. His anger boiled over.

"What was that for?!? I was going to get him!" screamed Peter angrily as the woman maintained her posture.

"He's none of your concern," she replied calmly as she placed the gun into her belt.

"Of course he is! He hurt an innocent officer and a woman! And he isn't going to stop or care if he hurts anyone else!" cried Peter as he flung his arms into the air.

"You have no idea what you're getting-"

"Yes, I do! I've been doing this for three years!"

"And we've been doing it for a decade," replied the woman.

Spiderman stared at her in disbelief. Not that she could tell, of course.

"Yeah, sure. If that's true, then why don't you tell me who 'we' are?"

"Why don't you tell me who you are?" shot the woman. Spidey stood there silent. The woman arched her brow triumphantly, "Thought so. Look, I don't like the fact that Adrenaline escaped as much as you do, but you're getting involved in important matters that don't concern you-"

"If innocent lives are in danger, then they do concern me," shot Spidey angrily.

"Innocent lives don't matter in this case, so butt out. This is a warning, Spiderman. Believe me, you don't want to cross the line with us."

"How can you say that?" screamed Peter, "You'd risk the lives of innocents to get what you guys want?"

"If it's for the greater good, then yes...You're too soft on issues like this. You're not professional enough, so stay out," said the woman as she pointed a finger at him. She quickly turned on her heel and coolly walked away. She could hear that Spiderman was about to walk towards him, and she placed a firm hand onto her gun. If he was going to argue further, she'll just stun him again. Instead, she heard the familiar thwip! sound and knew that Spiderman had swung away.

She quickly pulled out her walkie-talkie. "Fury, we've got to get rid of Spiderman-even if it means killing him."